Short First Rate Poems

Alfred the Great
As a king was first rate;
He was famed for his brains
And made peace with the Danes....

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May the year ahead invigorate

  Helping all of us create

    Poetry first-rate ~

       I can't wait!...

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Alexander Graham Bell
As our history books will tell
Was first-rate at engineering
Which improved long-distance hearing!



20/07/18...

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Thinking new present
Recalling past emotions
Meaningless to soul
Without touching a fiber
Envisage better future












7-4-2016...

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~ Frustration, first-rate ~

 Plan-free poem penning produces
     enthusiastic 
        endorsement

 Carefully-crafted couplets
      ~ collapse...

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A certain poise, the bagpipes lack
Not being rude, it’s just a fact
The kilt is first-rate
The rest, not so great
Red in the face, squeezing your sack...

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It was a first rate Finnish firetrap
Anyone who stayed was a big sap
I would have to be dead
To lie in that bed
Place not safe enough to take a quick crap...

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Seems the words have stopped flowing of late,
but the hill road is turning out great.
We got to the bottom
with time to see autumn,
and the views of the trees are first rate!...

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How popular is the big attraction today
By all accounts, it's “The Trumpeters Ballet”
It's classified first-rate
Though a bit overweight
His followers too, southern cooking on a plate...

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First rate
blind date!

Like fate
soul mates!

First base....
Hearts race

Gets late....
Bed mates

Birth rate
Inflates!!


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For Dane Anne's Valentine Footle contest...

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An innerestin state,
with a Kanga just first rate,
and the Brolgas dance with sweetest symetry,
Aussies n Yanks are cuzzins interstate,
Tazzy Tiger said, "yes sure,  bloody please."

Thanks mate..... 

re Viennas Aussie Kangaroo


Don...

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Jester collects round clocks
He puts them in his lap
Barely moving, so none of them rocks.
He is a gentleman without flap

Sits primly with his back straight
Protecting his bounty for sure
Jester is a guy first rate
Keeps those clocks pristinely pure...

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Bluest skies shine bright in the night 
stars bright like beams of light
Natures beauty at first rate
best place to go for a date
The look of the night time moon
and the feeling of the sun in mid-afternoon
its darkest before the dawn
but the sun will always rise
and all must go on...

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One is one, the fun has begun
Two is a kitty cat's mew

Three is glee, you and me
Four is more, giggles galore

Five is alive, we all thrive
Six is a mix of funny pics

Seven is heaven; so is eleven
Eight is great; really first-rate

Nine is fine, pure sunshine
Ten is a friend ~ a true Godsend...

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Hanging from an oak branch on a summers day
By knees like I often like to do,
I watched a bluebird fly away
Without a glance and nary a shoo.

Hanging from this limb made me feel great.
Totally rejuvenated me too.
Squirrels compliments sounded first rate.
What better thing for an upside down girl to do?...

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Oops, oh my gosh
It was an accident, I swear
Never had much panache
That's why your green glass plate
Is on the floor; it's everywhere
But the crash was first-rate
Shards shattering
A sharp glassy sea
Light bounced off, scattering
But don't blame me
It was breathtaking
The fault of gravity
I'm sorry...

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Your singing sounds awfully sweet
when I hear Donovan's composition "Sunny Goodge Street".
"Send In The Clowns" also sounds great,
along with "Suzanne"; they are both first rate.
Your greatest hit that made number one
was "Both Sides Now".  It can't be outdone.
All your great songs I continue to play.
I'm so glad you're still around today.
...

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Are your thoughts still leading for poetry?
Do they leave the audience wanting more?
Or born thugs who hide them as a mystery.
Are your thoughts still leading for poetry?
Scare daylights out of them in memory.
Roaring a chainsaw as they reach your door.
Are your thoughts still leading for poetry?
Do they leave the audience wanting more?

Written: March 10, 2023...

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My thanks to my fans and fannies on Soup

    You're appreciated by this old poop

         For gracious comments so kind

             Verse to stimulate the mind

                  You are a first rate literati group

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved (9 Jan 2012)

Placed No. 2 in Carol Brown's "What I Love Most About Poetry Soup" Contest
January 2012...

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As usual that Sunday,
we ate at our
favorite Chinese Buffet,
circling round it
like a bunch of sharks,
piling up our plates,
after all we paid $10 bucks a head,
and the food is first rate,
we wanted to get our moneys worth,
and to be well spent!
After eating 10 or more
platefuls a piece,
and barely able to stand on our feet,
we felt full and content,
waddling out to our car,
but for some reason
we couldn't fit!...

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~Mother's Love~
(Rondelet)


Mother's loves great

Good Mothers for their children pray

Mother's loves great

Nothing equals hers, loves first rate

Forever with you her love stay

So don't let yours from her just stray

Mother's loves great.



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2014




May.08.2016



~Authors Notes: 

The "Rondelet" is a typical French poetry form....

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February Valentine, let’s celebrate
Olive Garden we both rank first-rate.
Past fifty years we review
old love birds, brand-new.
Head to head,
true
vows re-said.
Two lovers break through
the next fifty we’ll pursue
toasting a wedding on the same date.
February Valentine, let’s celebrate.

January 24, 2023

Constance LaFrance
Writing Challenge, the Andaree

Andaree is a form created by Andrea Dietrich....

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heartfelt
greetings

MC’s
leading

starts the
meeting

time is 
fleeting

schedule
heeding

poets 
sharing

deep thoughts
baring

scrumptious
dinners

contest 
winners

speakers 
first-rate

wise words
they state
    
short breaks
workshops

but soon
fun stops

fest ends
day three

perhaps
I’ll see

them all
and more

for what’s
in store—

next April


PLACED 6th of 10 in Brian Strand's  contest 1209...

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